Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal)

Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal)

Washington D.C.

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join Okta’s Technical Operations (TechOps) Team. At Okta our motto is "Always On", and nowhere do we embrace that more than in Technical Operations. We strive to build the most reliable and performant systems on the planet through the skillful use of automation. We've created an integrated system that securely connects any person via any device to the technologies they need to do their most significant work.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on large-scale cloud production systems and takes pride in seeing them handle anything the internet can throw at them.

If you like to be challenged and have a passion for solving problems at scale with automation, testing, and tuning, then we would love to hear from you. The ideal candidate is someone who exemplifies the ethics of “If you have to do something more than once, automate it” and who can rapidly self-educate on new concepts and tools. This engineer will be in our Washington, DC, office or nearby with on-site customer travel.

This national security role necessitates a TOP SECRET / SCI security clearance, ideally with a full-scope polygraph. It is a condition of employment that you obtain and continuously maintain this clearance to be eligible for access to classified information. Any inability to uphold these security standards may lead to termination.

Responsibilities :

• Design, build, and monitor Okta's production infrastructure
• Respond to production incidents and determine preventive solutions
• Troubleshoot complex reliability and performance issues
• Automate manual processes, evolve our monitoring tools, and develop technical documentation
• Support a highly available and large scale online environment as part of an on-call

Qualifications & Requirements

Education and Training :

By submitting an application, you agree to the retention of your personal data for consideration for a future position at Okta. More details about Okta’s privacy practices can be found at : https : / / www.okta.com / privacy-policy .

Additional requirements :

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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit : https : / / rewards.okta.com / us .

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between :

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join Okta’s Technical Operations (TechOps) Team. At Okta our motto is "Always On", and nowhere do we embrace that more than in Technical Operations. We strive to build the most reliable and performant systems on the planet through the skillful use of automation. We've created an integrated system that securely connects any person via any device to the technologies they need to do their most significant work.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on large-scale cloud production systems and takes pride in seeing them handle anything the internet can throw at them.

If you like to be challenged and have a passion for solving problems at scale with automation, testing, and tuning, then we would love to hear from you. The ideal candidate is someone who exemplifies the ethics of “If you have to do something more than once, automate it” and who can rapidly self-educate on new concepts and tools. This engineer will be in our Washington, DC, office or nearby with on-site customer travel.

This national security role necessitates a TOP SECRET / SCI security clearance, ideally with a full-scope polygraph. It is a condition of employment that you obtain and continuously maintain this clearance to be eligible for access to classified information. Any inability to uphold these security standards may lead to termination.

Responsibilities :

Qualifications & Requirements

Education and Training :

By submitting an application, you agree to the retention of your personal data for consideration for a future position at Okta. More details about Okta’s privacy practices can be found at : https : / / www.okta.com / privacy-policy .

Additional requirements :

#LI-TM

#LI-OnSite

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit : https : / / rewards.okta.com / us .

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between : $168,000 — $252,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https : / / www.okta.com / company / careers / .

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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Completion of the form is entirely voluntary . Whatever your decision, it will not beconsidered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded andmaintained in a confidential file.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate bymaking the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to Vietnam Era Veterans ReadjustmentAssistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreachand positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows :

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following : a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air servicewho is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled tocompensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was dischargedor released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date ofsuch veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S.military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaignbadge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S.military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which anArmed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

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